Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, with cooperation of State Bank of India, has started electronic system for payment of earned funds after sale of various forest produce.

The new system will be useful for all kinds of buyers of forest produce including individuals and firms, an official release said in Bhopal on Friday.

They will not have to get bank drafts prepared following introduction of the scheme. Principal Secretary Forests B P Singh, while launching this software on Friday, said that the system, introduced in public interest, is simple and useful.